matsemann parent
What about blatantly ignoring traffic laws by parking illegally in the cycle lanes, forcing cyclists to use the road and be an annoyance to you? I think lots of drivers have a blind spot for their own traffic violations, because all statistics I've ever seen points to drivers breaking the law more often. And when they do, the consequences are also much greater.
I think that's the base rate fallacy, and that you only see more drivers break the law because there's so many more drivers in general. My estimate would be that I see about 100 good drivers for every driver breaking the law, but only about 5 good cyclists for every cyclist breaking the law. And another part of what makes it unfair is the disparity of enforcement. I see illegally parked cars with tickets under their wipers a lot, and it's fairly common to see drivers pulled over by the police for moving violations, but literally every single cyclist I've seen breaking the law has gotten away with it.
The fallacy here is probably your confirmation bias. Due to motonormativity and you being in the in-group, you notice cyclist mistakes and ignore driver mistakes.
For instance, a Danish study showing that 14 % of cyclists violate traffic laws when there is lacking infrastructure, but only 5 % when it's present. Compared to 66 % of motorists breaking some law. (Yes, if you ever go above the speed limit you have broken the traffic law just as much as the cyclists that grinds your gears. How many drivers speed in the highway each day, I wonder)
https://electrek.co/2024/01/11/cars-or-bikes-surprising-resu...